20th Annual Schedule

All times ARE in the Pacific Standard Time Zone (PDT)


Day 1: Wednesday, April 20th

Opening of Festival - 1:00PM - 1:30PM

Documentary FEATURE - 1:30PM - 2:33PM (Q&A - 2:35PM - 2:50PM)

  1. Spell Me Out

  2. Documentary Feature Q&A (2:35PM - 2:50PM)

Animation Spotlight - 2:55PM - 3:35PM (Q&A - 3:35PM - 3:55PM)

  1. Ripple

  2. Together Apart

  3. A Cartoon of a Cat Sleeping

  4. I’m Here

  5. Where Are You Really From?

  6. Mosaic

  7. Animation Q&A (3:35 PM - 3:55 PM)

Narrative Feature - 4:00PM - 5:30PM (Q&A - 5:30PM - 5:45PM)

  1. Sweet Disaster

  2. Narrative Feature Q&A (5:30PM - 5:45PM)

Narrative Shorts Block 1 - 5:50PM - 6:52PM (Q&A - 6:55PM - 7:15PM)

  1. #PrincessProblems

  2. A Stranger at the Funeral

  3. Moose Tracks

  4. Time

  5. Narrative Shorts 1 Q&A (6:55PM - 7:15PM)

Documentary Feature - 7:20PM - 8:30PM (Q&A - 8:30PM - 8:45PM)

  1. We Are All In This Together

  2. Documentary Feature Q&A (8:30PM - 8:45PM)

Close of Day (8:50PM - 9:00PM)

DAY 2: Thursday, April 21st

START OF DAY - 1:00PM - 1:10PM

Documentary Feature - 1:10PM - 2:02PM (Q&A - 2:05PM - 2:20PM)

  1. Bitter Taste of Love

  2. Bitter Taste of Love Q&A

Documentary Shorts Block 1 - 2:25PM - 4:54PM (Q&A - 4:55 - 5:15PM)

  1. Beloved

  2. Nomad - A Lifer’s Journey Through California Corrections

  3. Pili Ka Mo’o

  4. From Mexico to Vietnam, a Chicano story

  5. Documentary Shorts 1 Q&A (4:55PM - 5:15PM)

Narrative SHORTS BLOCK 2 - 5:20PM - 6:25PM (Q&A - 6:25PM - 6:45PM)

  1. Arabacciu

  2. Exchange

  3. Disconnected

  4. Balloon

  5. Shorts 2 Q&A (6:25PM - 6:45PM)

Narrative Feature - 6:50PM - 8:27PM (Q&A - 8:30PM - 8:00PM)

  1. The Ugly Truth

  2. Feature Q&A (8:30PM - 8:45PM)

Close of Day (8:50PM - 9:00PM)



DAY 3: Friday, April 22nd

Start of Day - 1:00PM - 1:10PM

Documentary Feature - 1:10PM - 2:22PM

  1. Cycle of Memory

  2. Cycle of Memory Q&A (2:25PM - 2:40PM)

Narrative Shorts Block 3 - 2:45PM - 4:20PM (Q&A 4:20PM-4:40PM)

  1. Road to Delicias

  2. Pit-a-pat

  3. Eureka

  4. A Winner

  5. As de Trèfle

  6. Shorts 3 Q&A (4:20PM - 4:40PM)

Narrative Feature - 4:45PM - 6:15PM (Q&A 6:15PM - 6:30PM)

  1. Left Fingers

  2. Feature Q&A (6:15PM - 6:30PM)

Student Film Spotlight - 6:35PM - 7:48PM (Q&A 7:50PM - 8:10PM)

  1. Vlada Goes to London

  2. A Narration of a Funeral

  3. Shattered

  4. Beats

  5. Student Film Spotlight Q&A (7:50PM - 8:10PM)

Close of DaY (8:15PM - 8:25PM)

Day 4: Saturday, April 23rd

Start of Day - 4:00PM - 4:10PM (Q&A 6:05PM - 6:20PM)

Documentary Feature - 4:15PM - 6:05PM

  1. A Crack in The Mountain

  2. Documentary Feature Q&A (6:05PM - 6:20PM)

Documentary Shorts Block 2 - 6:25PM - 8:10PM (Q&A 8:10PM - 8:30PM)

  1. Ali and His Miracle Sheep

  2. Weckuwapasihtit (Those Yet to Come)

  3. Fresh to Frightening - The Sharon Green Story

  4. Karakoram Highway: Where Men and Mountains Meet

  5. Documentary Shorts Block 2 Q&A (8:10PM - 8:30PM)

Narrative Shorts Block 4 - 8:35PM - 9:45PM (Q&A 9:45PM - 10:05PM)

  1. Square

  2. The Psychopath

  3. HomeBound

  4. Only Kids See Ghosts

  5. Narrative Shorts 4 Q&A (9:45PM - 10:05PM)

Narrative Feature (10:10PM - 11:35PM)

  1. Malibu Horror Story

  2. Malibu Horror Story Q&A (11:35PM - 11:50PM)

Close of DaY (11:50PM - 12:00AM)


Day 5 - Sunday, April 24th

  1. Documentary Featur - 1:15PM - 2:10PM (Q&A 2:15 - 2:55PM)

    1. Home From School: The Children of Carlisle

    2. Q&A Panel - 2:15PM-2:55PM

  2. CBU Student FIlm FestivaL - 3:00-5:00PM

    1. BITTERSWEET Directed by Natalia Charlize Rodriguez 

    2. BROKEN PROMISES Directed by Ellie Dickerson & Austen Heldoorn

    3. CITY LIGHTS Directed by Brooke Donovan 

    4. CREEPER Directed by Marques Joseph Brown 

    5. DEATH OF DARCY Directed by Emily Susanne Pettett & Alondra Flores 

    6. FINDING SAFE HAVEN Directed by Ian Michael Carson 

    7. I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT Directed by Jonathan Lee Kottwitz 

    8. I’M SO SORRY Directed by Blake Rice 

    9. JELLY BEAN Directed by Jason Quijano 

    10. JUNGLE Directed by Marc Korff 

    11. MEMORY BOX Directed by Abigayle Duffield 

    12. NOTHING Directed by Blake Rice 

    13. ONE NIGHT ONLY Directed by Josiah Murphy 

    14. PROP ROOM Directed by Dylan Page & Mark Nickoloff 

    15. SAUDADE Directed by Jolene Automo 

    16. SHOOT… TO KILL! Directed by Benjamin Morey 

    17. SIMON SAYS Directed by Michael Metzler Jr. 

    18. SNOOZE Directed by Abigayle Duffield 

    19. WHAT IS REAL? Directed by Michael Metzler Jr. 

    20. WHIPLASH REPRISED Directed by Viviana Ramona Delgado

  3. Gala/AWards - 5:00PM - 9:00PM

  4. Award Announcements Live & In-Person - 6:30PM

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